Artists of Suffolk, UK: Herbert Wynn Hellings Herbert Wynn Hellings was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, on 11 May 1873, son of Joseph Isaac Hellings,, a schoolmaster, and his wife Clara Wynn, eldest daughter of John Wynn. In 1881, Herbert was a 7-year-old, living at Elm Street, Ipswich with his parents and his four siblings, Frederick 11, Florence 10, Ernest 9 and Percy 4, all with the middle name of Wynn and all born at Ipswich. In 1885 Herbert was admitted to St Matthew's Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Ipswich and in 1901 his father, now a burial board clerk, and the family were living at Cemetery House, 212 Cemetery Road, Ipswich. Herbert married at Ipswich in 1905, Emma Daisy (sometimes Daisy Emma) Norman (12 November 1879-1949), and in 1911, his career was listed as inspector at the waterworks, he was living at 3 Park Road, Ipswich with his 31-year-old wife Daisy Emma and 3-year-old daughter Freda Wynn. Hellings remained an Ipswich, Suffolk, artist, known for his fine pencil drawings of animals, and by 1939 was listed as a 'pencil artist' living at 2 Trent Road, Ipswich with his wife Emma and daughter Freda [Bowman] (11 September 1907-1990). Herbert Wynn Helling died at Ipswich in 1948, aged 75 and his wife followed him the following year aged 69.
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